The much-talked-about pairing of Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz fell to an early exit in the US Open’s mixed doubles competition on Tuesday, losing their first-round match and failing to win a set.

Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz’s all-star partnership was brought to a premature end as they were beaten in the first round of the revamped US Open mixed doubles. Two former singles champions at Flushing Meadows,

Jack Draper and Jessica Pegula are the No. 1 seeds in the U.S. Open mixed doubles draw and are now through to the semi-finals after beating Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz

Carlos Alcaraz won the Cincinnati Open title in anticlimactic circumstances as rival Jannik Sinner retired due to illness just 23 minutes into the match.

Sinner lasted just five games before retiring from the Cincinnati Open final against Carlos Alcaraz, with just a week to go before the start of the US Open

Jannik Sinner was forced to retire from the Cincinnati Open final against Carlos Alcaraz due to an illness, forcing him to withdraw from the US Open mixed doubles as well.